"The coming year is not just a challenge for Pakistan but for the World. There has to be more interaction between the countries in dealing with this challenge so far. When it hit the countries, they took unprecedented measures so every country looked inside and became insular. I feel that we are connected and the response has to be global." #primeministerofpakistan#imrankhan#pakistan

Watched Delhi Belly after 8 years and had a great time watching it! I have been a big fan of its music and it is always a part of my playlist. The movie is a dark comedy roller-coaster ride and I had a blast all over again! Shoutout to Aamir Khan for having the balls to produce this thing, and Vir Das for being one of India’s best comedians right now.
Shit Happens'' is the film's tagline....and it does!! Screamingly funny film about three young roommates sharing a squalid apartment in Delhi who suddenly find themselves up to their necks in trouble with a gang of extremely nasty gangsters. Bollywood goes English and the brilliant ensemble cast does the script full justice starting with the three young leads to the supporting cast, in particular Vijay Raaz as the dead-pan foul mouthed gangster. And you haven't seen or felt the effect of chronic diarrhea until you see what happens here. "sir, yeh to tatti hai
...... THANK YOU bheennchoood"
For obvious reasons, Vijay Raaz's character is my favourite! His comic timing is near perfect.
Another highlight of the movie is its innovative musical score handled by Ram Sampath! Most of the tracks have been well placed in the narrative as a background score like in English flicks! Visualization of Jaa Chudail was eye-catching! But still the pick of the track is DK Bose, which rules the charts these days! Aamir Khan's item boy number was inventive, with stunning choregraphy inspired from old disco legends! Technically, movie stand-outs with the raw visuals of Delhi, which is an absolute treat to watch! Editing was razor sharp at just over 100 minutes! The views regarding this movie have remained divided but for me it is amongst my favourite comedy films.
#delhibelly#aamirkhan#virdas#imrankhan#vijayraaz#kunaalroykapur#abhinaydeo

The Punjab government informed the Supreme Court on Saturday that the entire country was under a serious threat of locust invasion if the menace was not contained in the breeding regions of the country.
An area of 300,000 square kilometres, roughly 37 per cent of the country’s total area, is vulnerable to the desert locust. Sixty per cent of the land is in Balochistan, 25pc in Sindh and 15pc in Punjab’s Cholistan region.
Balochistan falls within an area known as a spring breeding zone while Punjab and Sindh are in the summer breeding zone, according to a report placed by the Punjab government before the Supreme Court.

When Antonio Gwynn Jr. saw the damage from protests in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, he grabbed a broom, bought some trash bags and started cleaning the streets by himself.He started at 2 a.m. on Monday and did not stop cleaning for the next 10 hours.
Matt Block saw Gwynn's story on the news and decided to give him his prized 2004 red Mustang convertible.
Medaille College in Buffalo offered him a full scholarship where he plans to study business starting this fall. One of his many career goals is to open a cleaning business.
#goodnewspakistan#newspakistan#pakistan#positivepakistan

07:32am 07/06/2020
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As the number of coronavirus cases surged beyond 96,445 — an increase of around 5,000 cases in a day — amid strong criticism from the opposition of the Centre for relaxing the lockdown before flattening the curve, the federal government on Saturday said lockdown was not a solution to the pandemic anywhere in the world rather the masses should change their behaviour and learn to live with the virus. “There are two solutions to address the issue. One is to change the behaviour of the masses to curtail the spread of disease. In other words we need to ensure implementation of standard operating procedure at public places, offices and everywhere. Behavioural change is also a science and we need to ensure it as we need to start living with the virus. Second thing is that we need to identify the hotspots and do contact tracing for which tracing, testing and quarantine (TTQ) policy has been introduced,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Zafar Mirza while speaking to participants of an event at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims).

07:32am 07/06/2020
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For Pakistan’s residents, fiscal year 2020 was the worst year as they witnessed highest inflation in the world forcing policy makers to increase interest rate. “Pakistan witnessed highest inflation not only in comparison with the developed economies but also with emerging economies,” said the Inflation Monitor for April issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The SBP pushed up interest rates to cool down the inflationary pressure during the fiscal year but high rates proved counterproductive as they further increased inflation while the private sector stopped borrowing costly money hampering industrial growth and services.

07:29am 07/06/2020
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KP conducts more than 3,000 tests for first time with capacity doubling over last 6 days.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Taimur Salim Khan Jhagra has said that the province conducted more than 3,000 tests for June 6 and that the testing capacity has doubled over the last six days.
He termed it "a first for a small province". Last month, the health department authorised three more laboratories, two private sector and one public sector, to conduct Covid-19 tests as part of the plan to scale up the province’s testing capacity to 4,000 by middle of June.
#newspakistan#goodnewspakistan#pakistan#positivepakistan

07:21am 07/06/2020
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth on Saturday honoured two outstanding Pakistani volunteers with a Commonwealth Points of Light Award during a phone call hosted by British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner.
According to a statement from the British High Commission Islamabad, the award to Huzaifa Ahmad (Co-Founder and CEO Rizq) and Syed Hassaan Irfan (Executive Director, Rizq), recognised their work providing food security to local communities, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
#goodnewspakistan#news#pakistan#pakistannews#rizq